Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/March 2011

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March 1

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 1

1. Wanting to edit Wiz Khalifa
2. 3RR and exceptions?
3. Wrong information.
4. I was lied to!
5. did the HTML source code of Wiki recently changed?
6. How does one go about deleting a double article?
7. BOOK CREATOR ERRORS
8. Who closes the AfD?
9. Nobility
10. Looking for a template
11. "Sign me in globally" feature
12. chales jourdan windmill diamond gents wristwatch
13. A question about "list of last surviving..."
14. inquriy
15. Template:WikiProject tabs ->Template:User tabs
16. close connection to subject note

March 2

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 2

1. Search word doesn't go away
2. Issue at WP:NPOVN
3. How do expand on an existing article (i.e. add to an existing article)
4. Strange popup on every page
5. Table vertical alignment
6. Odd problem
7. Speedy deleted from my User Space within hours!
8. Tarique Mustafa's Page Recreation
9. How can I prevent archiving of a box at the top of my talk page?
10. Long in the tooth AfD
11. Wiki-slow
12. Flagicon Templates
13. Article in article
14. How do I add source and license information on a file?
15. Uploading Non-Free, Copyrighted Images
16. n-dash or hyphen
17. NYPL - all our IP addresses have been blocked
18. Deleted Pages

March 3

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 3

1. Spaces
2. Dude, where's my talk page archive?
3. Adding a summary section to a wikipedia article
4. WHY??
5. How ..
6. How much traffic comes from outside U.S.?
7. Sorting Tables with MMM DD YYYY dates
8. Art Spiegelman
9. Location map template question
10. Login and account details
11. Other wiki images
12. MagicValongo
13. Question about signatures
14. IP address inserted instead of my username!
15. City of Benton Harbor
16. opening new window after clicking a link
17. How do you "Update" pictures? (again)
18. Edit Tab not visible
19. WHY! I provided the sources of back up ask to support this persons significance and importance and STILL my page was deleted!?

March 5

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 5

1. Issue
2. Report SomeBody ..
3. Non en-wiki rules
4. "Take over" a username?
5. Could someone check some edits?
6. cheque
7. Blocked IPs
8. Inherent sexism in some categories?
9. Categories for Britons born outside the UK
10. New page
11. Fiat Ducato
12. Clue Bot III is archiving wrong
13. Regarding infobox about an academic
14. Possible bug in Indonesian version of the SUL template

March 6

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 6

1. Username deleted without my action
2. Is WWE's The Miz Awsome?
3. changing a picture
4. Wikify webpage table is ok per copyright?
5. MIC ( Mortgage Invest corp) Is this a legit finance group fot vets?
6. Death of Lou Cameron
7. farewell speech
8. Setting Random Page as my Homepage?
9. Your employees have acted disgracefully
10. The Great Tugboat Race in Sault Ste Marie,ON
11. changing fontsize

March 7

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 7

1. Counting table fields
2. Linking to an odd filename
3. Superfriends Apache Chief Colossus episode
4. Movie/Music/TV relevance
5. "High database server lag"
6. How do you reactivate mobile site?
7. letter to Wikipedia
8. Adding a photo
9. Climate of Saipan
10. Why does the text appear grey as I type in the search area?
11. slanderous items in personal biography
12. Linking to user pages...
13. Gray area in WP:VANDALISM
14. List of my contributions on a specific WikiProject page?
15. COI Issues on Maitreesh Ghatak page
16. Log Me In Globally
17. foxxpatrol editing info

March 8

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 8

1. help on an entry
2. How to create account with same name on Commons?
3. track spikes
4. copying without acknowledgement
5. Editing the main article on 'Tony Mills Musician'
6. Mobile version for iPod touch not working
7. Commons
8. Opening Weekapedya
9. iPhone 4 not redirecting to en.m.wikipedia.com
10. Is there any guideline for the surveying of academic research for English Wikipedians
11. Reactivating mobile site
12. Please restore my page.
13. Psych Folk Musicians (Category)
14. Irish singer-songwriters
15. AERONAUTICS
16. How do I take my template live?
17. logging in unsuccessful
18. Hard to understand!
19. Verizon iPhone 4 auto redirect to wikipedia mobile
20. Category sorting problem ?
21. please help me i made a mistake - i need help to repair it
22. Expert Editors
23. Where is my downloaded wikipedia book?
24. How can I count how many words are in an article?

March 9

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 9

1. Combining notes like combining refs
2. mobile wiki NOT working
3. How to upload an image to a draft user article
4. Article not viewed on search in google or wiki.
5. Redirect to mobile page not working
6. ask question
7. Implications of 'Citation needed'
8. Unsigned? (possible bot bug / hiccup)
9. No adversity in your article about Dr Dean Edell
10. Category sort order in Ilinois counties
11. WP:RS
12. Article location problem
13. Talk pages in [Help] namespace are not watched by many users. Please consider visiting the Help desk
14. Blinking signatures
15. Unable to see an edit
16. joining wikiprojects
17. Merging talk pages
18. Technical problem with a page
19. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Parsons

March 10

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 10

1. downloads
2. box
3. How do you share, or link, an article? Can you? Do I have to copy the URL?
4. Archiving the entire content of a Talk page
5. Links between articles
6. Ian Harte football player
7. Uploading Pics
8. Chiron Use of Symbol
9. Print wiki articles for personal use.
10. Please change links in references in this article
11. 3rd Civil Affairs Group
12. Why doesn't Wikipedia use WebCite for it's references?
13. reverting multiple edits after new edits by others have been made
14. Font size in the edit box
15. permission to use wikipedia logo
16. Does the Random article link have a blacklist?
17. My edit contribution has disappeared.
18. Problems in categories (alphabetical order of subcats)
19. Wikipedia minister
20. A post about an artist we represnt keeps on being deleted

March 11

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 11

1. Deletion of Gabriel Weinberg
2. Please fix my user name
3. A few things I need to discuss
4. Request for Comment assitance
5. Please help with export!
6. can I copy and paste any part of Wikipedia and can I make changes i.e. turn the "Blue" link words into plain text?
7. Small infobox presentation issue
8. This category was deleted for some reason
9. Insomnia
10. Account for nothing but entering future (incorrect) information tables about a reality show?
11. atopic dermatitis
12. Saving named references to use in multiple pages?
13. Looking for a template
14. My new page has not been confirmed by e-mail yet.
15. Pink Narcissus article
16. Lori_Rom

March 12

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 12

1. Alignment
2. WP policy on audio
3. Saving in userspace
4. Tools to learn from Wikipedia articles?
5. how do I increase the font size on wikipedia?
6. How do I edit this {{SI prefixes}} template or whatever it is?
7. American_people_of_Zambian-Jewish_descent
8. Categories with a single entry
9. The entry for Pluto (dwarf planet)
10. Assessment Ethics
11. Advertising in article
12. Edit Help requires Edit Knowledge to Fathom
13. Moving a section from one article to another.
14. Password help
15. Former hospital template?
16. Not letting me edit references
17. article
18. "what links here" tool statistics
19. Edit page interface jerking me around
20. Royal Waterloo Hospital for Children and Women
21. I used to have an entry
22. Fire Extinguisher - wrong information about history.
23. Help with tables
24. Linking Wiki to Facebook
25. External links
26. neville skelly set up page
27. "View source" instead of "Edit"
28. SOS  !!!!!!
29. Wikipedia Research
30. contributions User:Chindia (China-India)

March 13

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 13

1. Updates with new information from 2010 census
2. Weidmann's Restaurant
3. inappropriate pictures
4. How do I add the "No Free Image Available" template to an article such as Jack Pelton in the Infobox?
5. issue reverting vandalism
6. Probable homework assignment
7. Driving License - Transfer
8. Quality assurance Paul Fiddes
9. Forsvar i Aaret 1864 danish book written in 1865 by Otto Christian Hammer
10. Showing the complete string of digits in of a large number in an article
11. Table template
12. Help!
13. Shared content
14. Basilio
15. using flickr site
16. New edit icon
17. Deletion of image/page

March 14

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 14

1. How can a semi protect an article?
2. Why are most images obfuscasted with black when saving or copying?
3. Sacred Geometry
4. Deletion
5. Template Help
6. Need a disambiguation page for 'CITEC'/'Citec'
7. Why doesn't photo caption show up?
8. selling van
9. XML dump for a single project
10. to know about a metal
11. Italic title
12. vinoth
13. Wikipedia Books API
14. Deliver, a WPP Company
15. Can you change a page name???
16. Can I create a page for new term that I have personally coined?
17. A complain
18. where is password recovery? why make ppl lose all their info?
19. We really need your help
20. Default sort
21. my wiki page is flagged and will not change!
22. plymouth rock studios: The Plymouth rock studios has not and did not purchase Waverly Oaks Golf Club. The Golf Club remains open for business
23. Uploading Picture

March 15

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 15

1. How do I move a stub to the main body text?
2. check on word frequently encountered (cricket)
3. If a Governor was Impeached........
4. Lori_Rom
5. forgot password
6. Subscribing to a category
7. Confirming a user is the subject of the article
8. un-submit
9. This location is wrong for this article though most of the facts are correct.
10. What to do about defamatory comments by a user
11. kindly answer my doubt please
12. List of new pages created by user
13. Name for Wiki source text
14. Simple way to flip a picture
15. My entry was deleted
16. History of the surname Maqhubu and the Dlamini clan
17. A suggestion for correcting broken links - a bug perhaps
18. Adding pictures
19. help changing title of my article

March 16

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 16

1. Proper article title if the album in question is spelled with all capital letters...
2. NOT an advertisement!
3. Edward DeBlasio
4. Page exists, but link in another article says "page does not exist"
5. deleting ip
6. getting an article posted
7. How to Find Articles in Need of Help?
8. Help.....please
9. what links here
10. My grandfathers journal.
11. Disabling Username markup
12. CSD G3
13. Tsunami travels how far Inland?
14. Browser crashed while editing
15. Copy of Survivor Benefit sheet
16. Problem with the rights of a picture
17. Contributing to Wikipedia
18. Template for tagging an incomplete reference
19. Adding a logo to our page.
20. Large edits and deletions made to my informative comments on article's comment page
21. 330th Bomb Group page

March 17

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 17

1. Photo Captions
2. WP:RDH messed up for me... not sure why...
3. Article title needs fixing
4. File:Bridgestone logo new version from company
5. uploading an entry to Wikipedia
6. references
7. How can I publish a newly coined word in Wikipedia
8. How long does does it take to receive feedback?
9. Could someone delete this page?
10. Find my family in Canada
11. Kidda entry
12. Blue print
13. How do I translate a page
14. How to add a link to my left sidebar
15. Verb tense
16. Why was my addition completely removed?
17. How Do I
18. Sorting error in table
19. Facebook "Like" Button
20. Ctrl+F freeze up

March 18

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 18

1. University promotion
2. New signature policies in effect?
3. Kind of translation
4. Disussion of a speedy delete
5. Eddie Benitez
6. Discrepancy over multimedia
7. Attract new authors using Flattr
8. Help!
9. Surprising search suggestion
10. I have no idea what im doing
11. Entry about my dad

March 19

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 19

1. Recovering a Password when your E-Mail was never recorded.
2. Final warning?
3. Having Trouble with Searching Article Archives
4. SBN numbers
5. Party Recon
6. Template for repeat creation of same deleted article
7. How to find an Interested party
8. Later side effect
9. Computer crashes when reading article on scientology
10. Help on new article?
11. How to add a new article
12. Two articles on identical subject. Can only find one when logged in. How to merge?
13. Best Way to Archive, Incremental or Date Headers?
14. New York Times Site search
15. How do I create a hyperlink?
16. Image Expert needed

March 20

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 20

1. how to use Special:Random and Special:RecentChanges
2. Cloud marketing
3. Missing Text
4. How to cite a person
5. Is the random article button "true" randomness?
6. Could somebody delete this page?
7. AfD problem
8. And a TfD problem
9. frames disappeared

March 21

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 21

1. Please fix broken Simon Singh
2. Collaborative Historical Project
3. unable to edit
4. ADHD
5. flag of malaysia incorrect
6. I have added references to a 'BLP poposed for deletion' entry - now what?
7. Category page alphabetizing--did it change? Permanent?
8. Is there a template for elapsed years (similar to the birth date and age template)?
9. Creating an article
10. Queen's Film Theatre
11. How to suggest a subject for a new entry?
12. changeing image comments in file history
13. uploading images
14. Copyright opinion
15. Longpage
16. RE: Create a Wiki l

March 22

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 22

1. Aria Tesolin - wikipedia page
2. Delete a page you made?
3. Offline wikipedia editor
4. Knife wire cutter
5. contacting the author
6. Help With Infobox
7. WP:COMMONNAME
8. Wirtinger derivatives
9. Updating References?
10. Can you tell me more about the world's largest crocodile in captivity, the Chao Yai crocodile, over 6 meters in length and 2450 pounds as of March 22, 2011?
11. edited info still coming up in the search tool
12. Shown and hiding Wikipedia principles page
13. newbie.. please help... thank you and sorry in advance
14. New article
15. page doesn't recognize references
16. Urdu language
17. Infoboxes
18. Changing a Logo
19. Small Austrailian Flag ..
20. How can I find info opening a cold case file?
21. Pastrami
22. Preferred, or required way to link to Wikisource for use strictly as a reference.
23. etown radio program article - not an advertisement - rewritten in more neutral tone
24. possible error in an article
25. New unreviewed article
26. Missing article
27. Entry on the Eastman Kodak Company Wikipedia Page is Misleading and Should be Removed

March 23

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 23

1. DELETE MY PROFILE PLEASE!
2. Foreign Internal Links?
3. Racist Caption on Wiki Page
4. the number of the contributors on English WP
5. Conrad Hilton
6. Interestingly....
7. Oops.... Some one have the File mover or Admin tools
8. Article name pronunciations
9. Can I reuse an old account?
10. Account vs. No Account
11. I am a published poet with five volumes of poetry in two languages; how can I list my books in Wikipedia? Please respond to me. Thank you
12. Need help formatting new article
13. Ur-Hamlet
14. Template coding
15. Firefox 4 and preview windows
16. Showing as one long line
17. Deleting an account I didn't put an email to

March 24

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 24

1. Article text reliability
2. Sandy / University Line
3. Mouseover preview
4. Edit updates only occasionally appearing in searches?
5. writing an article about author Aleksandar Obradovic
6. pop ups
7. Multi function tab not working
8. Paul Young (Sad Café)
9. Firefox 4
10. "Log Me in Globally"
11. Semicolon or relative clause?
12. Help Needed Adding Tsunami Images to Article on Devastated Japanese Town
13. A six year Government Intrusion including officially documented incidents of actual torture
14. Crazy AfD/Twinkle problem (Probably needs administrator attention to fully fix).
15. authority to upload files
16. What if password lost and emailaccount has been closed?
17. someone else is using our name
18. Page swap request
19. Edit
20. pictures
21. Editing Page
22. is my article neutral
23. Editing difficulty

March 25

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 25

1. Unable to view Wikipedia pics in China
2. Template:Space has porn, I think
3. Choosing a name for an article
4. How can I add photo to existing article?
5. Unable to get rid of "cite error" message
6. I can't get rid of 'This Page reads like an advertisement warning sign
7. Reliable Source for Alumni Status?
8. Suggestions for Revision
9. How do you remove a picture from a page?
10. after several tries i still cannot log in

March 26

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 26

1. Adding a link
2. Removing untrue critique
3. How do I change a photo?
4. Edit
5. Signing
6. Benson Taylor has a copyright message
7. Kill_bill
8. The_Scorpion_King_3:_Rise_of_the_Dead

March 27

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 27

1. list of character encodings
2. plutonium toxicity
3. Chess Illusion
4. Creating SR Page
5. Why are fully capitalized words not allowed in Wikipedia articles?
6. Request Letter
7. Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no text
8. Editing cancelled
9. Sorting in table on numeric culumn with decimal point
10. QUERY - Aren't changes on a page supposed to be reported?
11. Creating a hung list without numbers or bullets
12. coat of arms - a city in South America
13. small text
14. Edit drop down box stuck

March 28

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 28

1. Grouping reference notes; citing page numbers that aren't printed?
2. why cant i do a normal search for my article
3. Missing Items
4. Insert citation
5. Georgian request for help
6. Template
7. Retrieve deleted pictures
8. AUDI A4 TDI B5
9. help creating a new page
10. Text Format
11. images wont upload
12. selltimeshare.co.uk

March 29

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 29

1. [[Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 29#Template:_.7B.7Btl.7Cdb-r3.7D.7D_not_working_on_redirects.3F|Template: {{db-r3}} not working on redirects?]]
2. save from sandbox
3. What is the copyright status of my image?
4. Possibility of giving WP email addresses to select users?
5. Adding categories
6. The page is deleted on Yowlink
7. Advertising warning - I have made changes to ensure neutral tone. What do I do Next?
8. What is the raw span class="history-deleted"?
9. Google reformatting Wikipedia for mobiles
10. Electronic Readers
11. Wikitable aesthetic issue, maybe advice
12. Article not visible
13. Inline Citations
14. Age Restriction
15. How do I place a table of contents?
16. Double underlining of some words in articles
17. Editing articles in other languages
18. Moving content from articles
19. Table issues
20. Looking for editor assistance on C-SPAN rewrite
21. how can i advertise on wikipedia
22. seperated,but not divorced
23. Alexandra Powers

March 30

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 30

1. shane o' connor from ireland
2. User's pages
3. Adding a subcategory
4. Elder Johnny James
5. Rescaled fair use-deletion template?
6. Citing forewords of a book
7. can't log in
8. intrebare
9. Fragmentation of pages
10. User pages as articles
11. ~~~~ not working for sig
12. Can't edit pages
13. Should I be worried about Sinebot?
14. Concerning Libya's page on the encyclopedia
15. What Tags do I need to add to an Image
16. Charts and copyright
17. Image Rotation Difficulties
18. Wikopedia filter

March 31

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 31

1. Google listing different to Wikipedia entry
2. Article@ 1960 in television
3. No account, but posted question - how will I get any answers
4. Bug in Wikipedia? Several Reference Desks offer no links to add/edit questions.
5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SN_1572
6. Article about Jane Martine
7. Place for editing requests
8. Funny editing
9. How to Remove Page Notices
10. mini-platform or software editor...
11. Full Wikipedia Editor manual downloadable...
12. VRLA battery / Absorbed Glass Mat / History
13. How to find icons?
14. Hogging the sandbox
15. Best way to work on a draft page/facelift for existing WikiProject?
16. Firefox 4 login
17. Permission to use images
18. Request
19. IMdb
20. Ava Van
21. Article incorrectly PRODded
22. KEIGHLEY WIKIPEDIA PAGE
23. Referencing help required.